April 26, 2016

Nancy San Martin, The Miami Herald

A severe drought in eastern Cuba has prompted water delivery service for some 70,000 residents in the Santiago de Cuba province, government officials told local media.

The potable water shipments are being delivered via tanker trucks to those in need while water service has been reduced or delayed for the rest of the provincial population, officials with the National Water Resources Institute, or INRH, said.

The water rationing measures are expected to remain in place though October in response to the intense and persistent drought that has affected almost a million people throughout the island for months...